Warlord Hidetori Ichimonji

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Warlord Hidetori Ichimonji decides to divide his fiefdom among his three sons. His eldest son Taro and middle son Jiro promise to support him for after his abdication. The youngest son Saburo disagrees so Hidetori banishes Saburo. Taro's wife Lady Kaede wants to take revenge on Ichimonji clan for massacring her family. She encourages Taro to take direct control of the Ichimonji clan. Hidetora leaves the castle with a few loyal retainers and goes to Jiro’s castle. However, Jiro does not Hidetori’s followers inside the castle, so Hidetori leaves again. The old Lord and his followers are attacked by Taro and Jiro. Most of his followers die and he becomes mad. Tango and Kyoami find him wandering in the wilderness. Jiro becomes the Great Lord of the Ichimonji clan. Lady Kaede blackmails Jiro into having an affair with her, and demands that Jiro kill Lady Sué and marry her instead. Saburo's army crosses …show more content…

The whole story happened because of what Hidetori did earlier in his life. He killed Lady Kaede’s family and led to Kaede’s plan to kill him and destroy his family. It was also because of Hidetori’s cruelty and desire of power that two of his sons also became cruel to him when then try to take over Ichimonji clan. However, if Hidetori, Taro, Jiro and Kaede deserved to die because of what they did, Lady Sué and Saburo did not do anything to harm others and lead to their death. Sué forgave Hidetori of killing his family; Saburo was the only son who was loyal and kind to his father. Therefore, just like the last conversation between Kyoami and Tango, this film questioned the existence of gods, argue that gods can be mischievous and cruel, and lastly conveyed an idea that even if gods are not cruel, they are unable to save people’s life. Tango also said “Men prefer sorrow over joy... suffering over peace!” which indicated that it was the human’s choice to fight wars and die, so gods could not do anything to save

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